Cencora Pays $75 Million Ransom in Major Cyberattack

Binance News · 2024-09-18T12:54:16.000Z

According to Foresight News, hackers targeted pharmaceutical distributor Cencora in a cyberattack, receiving $75 million in ransom payments in Bitcoin over three installments in March. This is the largest known ransom payment to date. Cencora's quarterly report in July revealed $31.4 million in 'other' expenses, primarily due to the cybersecurity incident, though it is unclear what specific costs were covered by this amount. Two months after the incident, Cencora began notifying individuals and authorities that personal data, including names, addresses, birth dates, diagnoses, prescriptions, and medications, had been stolen. In July, cybersecurity firm Zscaler and blockchain analysis company Chainalysis reported that the hacker group Dark Angels received a substantial ransom but did not disclose the victim's identity. Before the Cencora incident, the highest known ransom payment was $40 million, paid by insurance company CNA Financial Corp. in 2021.

Saskaņā ar Foresight News datiem, hakeri kiberuzbrukumā uzbruka farmācijas izplatītājam Cencora, martā trīs maksājumos saņemot 75 miljonus USD izpirkuma maksājumos Bitcoin. Šis ir līdz šim lielākais zināmais izpirkuma maksājums. Cencora ceturkšņa pārskats jūlijā atklāja 31,4 miljonus ASV dolāru "citos" izdevumos, galvenokārt kiberdrošības incidenta dēļ, lai gan nav skaidrs, kādas konkrētas izmaksas sedza šī summa. Divus mēnešus pēc incidenta Cencora sāka informēt personas un iestādes, ka personas dati, tostarp vārdi, adreses, dzimšanas datumi, diagnozes, receptes un medikamenti, ir nozagti.
Jūlijā kiberdrošības uzņēmums Zscaler un blokķēžu analīzes uzņēmums Chainalysis ziņoja, ka hakeru grupa Dark Angels saņēma ievērojamu izpirkuma maksu, taču neatklāja upura identitāti. Pirms Cencora incidenta lielākais zināmais izpirkuma maksājums bija 40 miljoni USD, ko apdrošināšanas sabiedrība CNA Financial Corp. samaksāja 2021. gadā.

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